Newly appointed President of the USA, Barack Obama is arguably the most famous BlackBerry owner on the planet. But Mr. Obama was looking at being forced to ditch his smartphone due to security issues…
Well, sort of. Mr Obama can still amuse himself with all that push email and QWERTY goodness, but only for ‘personal’ use. Which means he can presumably email his mates, Twitter away and check out his latest updates on facebook.com, but can’t do instant messaging with Brown, Putin or Hilary Clinton. At least, not on a BlackBerry.
For business use, he’s stuck with a Sectera Edge. No, I’m not overly familiar with it either, but I do know it’s a chunky/ugly military-approved handset that makes calls over a secured US government network, as well as offering secure web and email access. It’s also a tough cookie, strong enough to be used in a combat environment.
Still, it is a bit of ‘priceless’ marketing for Blackberry…
